UBC Library eResources: Service Bulletins

Several New Resources: something for EVERYONE!

Posted on June 25, 2013 @4:23 pm by madgett

fireworksWe have recently added several new Databases and eBook collections. As well, we have topped up some ejournal collections. Here are the highlights:

  1. Harvard University Press ebooks – a collection of almost 400 ebooks for 2011, 2012 & 2013 focusing on arts, history and the social sciences
  2. SAGE ejournal Upgrade – 20 SAGE archive titles, such as the Canadian journal of occupational therapy and Pacifica
  3. Oxford ejournal Archive Update – a top-up to our strong Oxford Archive collection, added titles include American Historical Review and Journal of analytical toxicology
  4. Informa Healthcare Archive – over 200 healthcare and medical ejournals covering historical articles in titles such as CANCER INVESTIGATION and XENOBIOTICA
  5. SAGE Encyclopedias 2012/2013 Collections – a growing collections of reference works from SAGE Knowledge
  6. National Geographic Archive – access to both National Geographic Magazine (1888 – 1959) and National Geographic (1959 – 1994)
  7. International Historical Statistics Online – Statistical data from around the world covering 1750 to 2010

Still to come:

  1. Several Adam Matthews collections (such as First World War: Propaganda and Recruitment)
  2. University Press Scholarship Online – a growing collection of ebooks from Oxford University Press, University of California Press, Hong Kong University Press and University of Chicago Press

 

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Factiva Access Restored

Posted on June 25, 2013 @11:22 am by corinne2

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Access to Factiva has been restored.  Please remember to log out as we are limited to 6 consecutive users.

 

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e-Therapeutics: Weekend Problem Solved

Posted on June 17, 2013 @9:45 am by madgett

Now-Playinge-Therapeutics had an access problem this weekend. It has been resolved. Before attempting to link to the online resource (especially if you tried and failed on the weekend), please do the following:

clear the cache & cookies from your browser

go to our e-Therapeutics Resource page and click on the “Connect to Resource” button

You will then (if you are off campus) log in through EZproxy.

Please use our Help Form if problems persist.

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Harvard eBooks Now Available!

Posted on June 11, 2013 @11:49 am by madgett

HarvardOver 400 Harvard University Press ebooks (almost all from 2011, 2012 or 2013) are now available via De Gruyter. In a few weeks, you should be able to find these titles within  Summon and the UBC Library Catalogue.

For now, feel free to browse the Harvard Titles here. NOTE: Some titles are not yet published and are marked as slated to be published later this year.

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RefWorks: Problem Adding Wiley Citations

Posted on June 4, 2013 @2:02 pm by madgett

WileyThe Wiley Online Library is experiencing problems exporting citations to RefWorks. To get around this, please try the following:

 

*In Wiley Online Library:*

  • 1. Perform your search.
  • 2. Click the boxes beside the references you wish to export.
  • 3. Select *Export Citation* at the top of the search results.
  • 4. A new window will open. Using the drop-down menu beside Format, select *Plain Text* and select whether you would like just the Citation or the Citation & Abstract beside Export Type.
  • 5. Click *Submit*.
  • 6. A new window will open prompting you to save the file to your computer.

*In your RefWorks account:*

  • 1. Go to *References ? Import*.
  • 2. Select *RIS Format* as your Import Filter/Data Source and *Multiple Databases* as your Database.
  • 3. Click *Browse*.
  • 4. Find the .txt file you saved to your computer in Step 6 above and upload it.
  • 5. Click *Import* to import your references into RefWorks.

 

 

 

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ScienceDirect PDFs: Problem with Off-Campus Access

Posted on June 4, 2013 @11:20 am by madgett

ScienceDirect**UPDATE**Problem Solved. Please clear the cache & cookies from your browser and try the PDF icon at the article level. It should pop-up into a .pdf document now.

For people off campus accessing PDFs of articles from journals on ScienceDirect, you can access the HTML version no problem through EZproxy, but clicking on the PDF icon brings a pop-up window asking for a log-in.

To get past this problem, you can right-click on the PDF and have it open in a new tab.

We are working to solve this problem.

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ScienceDirect eJournal Additions: New Titles Galore!

Posted on April 26, 2013 @5:00 pm by madgett

Now-PlayingSeveral new ejournals have been added to our Elsevier / ScienceDirect collections. They are:

  • Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology   1996+
  • AORN Journal   1995+
  • Healthcare Management Forum   1995+
  • Journal of Dairy Science   1995+
  • Mayo Clinic Proceedings   1995+
  • Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology   2003+
  • Seminars in Nephrology   2003+
  • Seminars in Oncology   2001+
  • Solid State Physics   2001+

You can find these in our ejournal Portal (the A-Z list) starting April 27th. After that date, search by journal title HERE . You should find the articles for these journals in our Summon Discovery service next week.

 

 

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Updated Resource: SAGE Reference Online 2012 Encyclopedia Collection

Posted on April 4, 2013 @10:46 am by madgett

fireworksUBC Library has purchased updates to the SAGE Reference Online Encyclopedia collection: the 2012 collection (and the 2013 collection, coming soon).

Some titles in the 2012 collection include:

All titles should be findable in Summon next week.

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MyiLibrary: Watch for the Locked eBook Warning

Posted on April 3, 2013 @9:59 am by madgett

ebookMyiLibrary has set a limit on how fast you can flip pages in order to protect entire ebooks from being downloaded by machine. If you happen to be flipping through an ebook (and you have to be flipping mighty quickly) and see this message pop up:

MyiLibrary_warning

…please fill in the captcha and prove you are human. One an ebook is locked, it is locked for everyone for 24 hours… and that’s no fun at all!

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ARTstor: Allowing Images to “Pop-Up” in Summon

Posted on March 13, 2013 @1:47 pm by madgett

fireworksSerials Solutions (the providers of our discovery service, Summon) have partnered with ARTstor to allow images to “pop-up” into search results.

In order to see these images, you need to allow your browser to display pop-ups for:

  • *.artstor.net
  • *.artstor.org
  • library.artstor.org.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca

As well, you will have to be on campus or logged into EZproxy to see the images.

After you have configured your browser, look at this Summon search … and then click on an image.

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